What Daily Life In North Korea Looks Like

The Line for the Bus

This is the long line for the bus in Pyongyang. The public transportation system is extremely broken. As you can probably see, the buses are attached to overhead wires. So, when one of the many power outages strike, the city is without buses. 

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Post originally appeared on Upbeat News.